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~695 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

Editorial

Sennacherib's Annals (Taylor Prism)

One of the rare cuneiform texts that explicitly cross-references the Hebrew Bible: the same historical event narrated by both sides. The Taylor Prism gives us the Assyrian view of a moment the biblical authors framed as divine deliverance. It is also a masterpiece of imperial propaganda — the prisma…

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~650 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood)

The single most important literary discovery of the 19th century. It rewired the understanding of the Bible's literary context and proved that the Mesopotamian flood tradition is older. It is the oldest surviving epic poetry in human history.

Sennacherib's Annals (Taylor Prism)

Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood)

AuOr 37, 043-044 01

AuOr 37, 044-045 02

AuOr 37, 045-046 03

AuOr 37, 047 04

AuOr 37, 047-049 05

BM 091441

CDLB 2014/004 §2.2

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 023 & 002701.05, ex. 010

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 011

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.49

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.50

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.54

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.55

CUSAS 15, 043

DUROM 2009.9

Fs Lambert 210-211 53 A3

Genava 17, 031, no. 23

Iraq 06, 178, 80 + 81

LB 0866

LKU 012

MSL SS 1, 033

MSL SS 1, 083

NABU 2015/105

OECT 11, 077

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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 27, ex. 03